As Designing Sound’s month devoted to Silence comes to an end, what better time to take a look at a remarkable video course that delves into the vast and interesting world of effective sound recording.
The Sound Recording Workshop (video/audio series) comes to us from Sound Librarian and presenter Stephan Schütze. … [Read more...]

Focal Press has recently released a new book on game audio entitled The Essential Guide to Game Audio. I know what you may be thinking, "Aren't there already enough books on game audio?" This is a worthy addition to the plethora of learning materials already on the market. It fills a gap by focusing on game audio in the Unity Engine. It's also co-authored by two well respected … [Read more...]

Possibly a first of its kind*, Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland, UK, is offering an online Masters degree course in Sound Design. The MSc is offered as an 18-month part-time package, with all course lectures delivered via distance learning. The programme is particularly keen to encourage applications from industry professionals (however you choose to interpret the term), … [Read more...]

Let me just start by making one thing perfectly clear: I have never been a synth head, mostly because I’ve always found that designing with recorded audio is much more immediately satisfying. Rob Papen’s The 4 Element Synth might change that.
I have taken courses, read magazines, looked up tutorials online and otherwise tried very hard to wrap my head around synthesizing my … [Read more...]

First, to all of those who responded to our survey, we'd like to say, "Thank you!" We've poured through all of your responses, and we take your comments and suggestions very seriously. We're going to do our best to follow up on those ideas that we feel make the most sense for the site. We're not interested in replicating what's already available on other sites, and there's only … [Read more...]

The wise and multitalented Stephan Schutze has announced a wonderful sounding suite of educational tools for the upcoming game audio middleware FMOD Studio. I can't wait to see it for myself at GDC 2013. Press release below.
Sound Librarian For Immediate Release
Sound Librarian Announces
The Official FMOD Learning Suite
Melbourne, … [Read more...]

There are a few educational opportunities coming up next year, all around the globe, and now's a good time to start planning for them.
This will take up a fair bit of real-estate, so follow the jump to see what's coming up. … [Read more...]